1890 Cleveland Spiders season


The 1890 Cleveland Spiders finished with a 44–88 record and a seventh-place finish in the National League.
The team played six straight home games in Indianapolis, Indiana at Indianapolis Park between July 28 and August 2 against the Brooklyn Bridegrooms and New York [Giants (baseball)|New York Giants]. It was a former Blue laws in [the United States|Sunday-games] ballpark of the St. [Louis Maroons/Indianapolis Hoosiers|Indianapolis Hoosiers] who had folded at the end of the previous season.

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
CChief Zimmer12544495.214257
1BPeek-A-Boo Veach6423856.235032
2BJoe Ardner8432372.223035
SSEd McKean136530157.296761
3BWill Smalley136502107.213042
OF130544116.213041
OFGeorge Davis136526139.264673
OF6424671.289032

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Jake Virtue6222368.305225
Tom Dowse4015933.20809
Buck West3715137.245229
Bill Delaney3611622.19017
13455.11102
Pat Lyons11382.05301
Joe Sommer9358.22900
Andy Sommers9347.20601
Len Stockwell272.28600

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGIPWLERASO
54474.122303.83155
Jack Wadsworth20169.22165.2026
Cy Young17147.2973.4739
15118.03114.4222
Lee Viau13107.0493.3630
970.0174.8916
Edgar [Smith (pitcher/outfielder)|Edgar Smith]644.0144.3011
431.2224.265

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGIPWLERASO
Charlie Parsons29.0016.002
27.0017.710

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGWLSVERASO
Tom Dowse10005.400
Joe Sommer10000.000